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Table 8 Cord-maternal plasma median concentration ratios (Cm = Cuc / Cm)

From: Concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in maternal and cord blood from the maternal-infant research on environmental chemicals (MIREC) cohort study

 

MIREC (plasma)

Vizcaino et al. 2014 [9] (serum)

Needham et al. 2011 [70] (serum)

Chemical

No. of pairs

Median

Median lipid adjusted

Median

Median lipid adjusted

Median

Beta-HCH

88

0.16

0.78

0.34

0.70

 

DDE

168

0.15

0.74

0.34

0.68

 

Oxychlordane

28

0.21

0.87

   

PBDE100

12

0.08

0.60

   

PBDE153

40

0.10

0.48

0.31

0.58

0.34a

PBDE47

67

0.15

0.84

0.58

0.90

 

PCB118

23

0.21

0.80

0.45

0.98

 

PCB138

67

0.16

0.70

0.39

0.81

 

PCB153

215

0.14

0.72

0.37

0.75

 

PCB163

11

0.23

0.80

   

PCB170

23

0.14

0.71

   

PCB180

86

0.13

0.67

0.28

0.57

 

Transnonachlor

14

0.19

0.79

   

PFHxS

315

0.23

   

0.74

PFOA

865

0.28

   

0.72

PFOS

648

0.14

   

0.34

  1. Note: only chemicals with >10 pairs shown (where both the maternal and cord blood concentrations were above the LOD)
  2. amean
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